“The oral androgen receptor inhibitor enzalutamide significantly reduced the risk for prostate cancer progression or death compared with bicalutamide in patients with castration-resistant prostate cancer, according to findings from the STRIVE trial.

“Enzalutamide (Xtandi, Astellas) has been found to improve survival in men with castration-resistant prostate cancer prior to and following chemotherapy. It binds the androgen receptor in the same way as bicalutamide does, but with greater affinity, according to researchers.

“Since bicalutamide is the standard treatment for this population of patients, researchers conducted this phase 2 trial to compare the two treatments.”